CVE-2019-19050
High
CVE-2019-19050
A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in crypto/crypto_user_stat.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_reportstat_alg() failures, aka CID-c03b04dcdba1.
Exploit probability
5.1%
Published
November 18, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 11, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
611 explicit affected versions
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2019-19050
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A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in crypto/crypto_user_stat.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_reportstat_alg() failures, aka CID-c03b04dcdba1.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156455/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0063-1.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c03b04dcdba1da39903e23cc4d072abf8f68f2dd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/